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A few months later, midway through the 71st year of this era, a sudden emergency alert pings you from the Stand. Hyperspace signals have been detected coming in from the direction of the Consortium. It's happening.
You muster your forces, and take an emergency trip to the frontline. The military, readied and constantly massing at the fortress planet, is well drilled and morale is high. Your admiral, an unimportant but still competent leader, addresses you.
“Sire! The AI system has been constantly keeping me up to date with tactical and strategic data. It seems in comparison between the Consortium and Hegemony, our matchup is considered <span class="mu-s"><span class="mu-i">Fair</span></span>. We won't crush them, but they won't crush us either. We won't let you down!”
Hmm. You see why Bantam would have wanted you as Admiral. Not because this man is incompetent, but simply because it would be nice to have a fellow Supreme-level candidate able to pick up some slack. You'll be in charge of the artillery, the civilian response, the main fleet, support fleet, and stealth cruiser strike fleet- not to mention the ship boarding parties. If Bantam was in your position now, you would gain a bonus to your fleet strength from having a specially groomed leader for the fleet. Oh well, it's too late for that now.
You also meet up with Maktana III, your science advisor. Closely related to your military has been your advancement in research- of which he has been the lead. Despite his skill and competence in the position, you <span class="mu-s">wasted multiple years of research time</span> over the power struggle and your decadent lifestyle as well as the Xin special project, while the enemy fleet also <span class="mu-s">mustered faster then expected</span>. However, you also gained some time back with your <span class="mu-s">vow</span>. This is probably why you aren't as well prepared as you would have hoped.
Your AI goes over the most likely possibilities over your research progress...
